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Trump directs Pentagon to implement ban on transgender service members, bans sex-reassignment surger
Source: Washington Post
Trump directs Pentagon to implement ban on transgender service members, bans sex-reassignment surgery
By Abby Phillip August 25 at 7:08 PM
President Trump has directed the Pentagon to ban the recruitment of openly transgender individuals and to stop providing medical treatment for sex reassignment treatments, but is leaving it to military leaders to determine whether transgender members of the armed services should be allowed to continue to serve.
The presidential memorandum signed by Trump on Friday reverses an Obama administration change that would have allowed transgender service members to openly serve, receive medical treatment as members of the military, and directed the Pentagon to determine a policy for recruiting transgender people for service.
According to the memorandum, Trump believes the Obama administration failed to provide sufficient basis to determine that terminating the Department of Defense’s long-standing policy “would not hinder military effectiveness and lethality, disrupt unit cohesion, or tax military resources.”
The memorandum states that “further study” is necessary to ensure that the policy change would not have negative effects on military readiness.
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By Abby Phillip August 25 at 7:08 PM
President Trump has directed the Pentagon to ban the recruitment of openly transgender individuals and to stop providing medical treatment for sex reassignment treatments, but is leaving it to military leaders to determine whether transgender members of the armed services should be allowed to continue to serve.
The presidential memorandum signed by Trump on Friday reverses an Obama administration change that would have allowed transgender service members to openly serve, receive medical treatment as members of the military, and directed the Pentagon to determine a policy for recruiting transgender people for service.
According to the memorandum, Trump believes the Obama administration failed to provide sufficient basis to determine that terminating the Department of Defense’s long-standing policy “would not hinder military effectiveness and lethality, disrupt unit cohesion, or tax military resources.”
The memorandum states that “further study” is necessary to ensure that the policy change would not have negative effects on military readiness.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-directs-pentagon-to-implement-ban-on-transgender-service-members-bans-sex-reassignment-surgery/2017/08/25/c8c604d8-89e4-11e7-9ce7-9e175d8953fa_story.html
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